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I stayed at my job for almost 9 years. All the other devs had 2 years or less on the project.
With s/w developers, if you stay at a job for too long it can look bad on your resume because they assume you are not keeping up with tech, among other things - which is often true. Two to four years is about the max.
It used to be that if a person had a string of short durations on jobs then that was a red flag, but if you are a contractor/consultant, it is not uncommon to be on a project for only 6 months to a year.
The thing that sucks is that people make these assumptions about such things, one way or the other.
What my dad used had a problem with on my job search was that I was not going around to the employer's office and asking for a job - I was sending them a cover letter and resume instead. He didn't get that employers don't want to have to deal with you face to face until they see your resume, and then they will call you if they want to talk to you - they are too busy otherwise. Once I got my first job out of college, where I was hired over the phone, sight unseen, based on my resume alone - I heard no more complaints from my dad about my approach to finding a job.
With s/w developers, if you stay at a job for too long it can look bad on your resume because they assume you are not keeping up with tech, among other things - which is often true. Two to four years is about the max.
It used to be that if a person had a string of short durations on jobs then that was a red flag, but if you are a contractor/consultant, it is not uncommon to be on a project for only 6 months to a year.
The thing that sucks is that people make these assumptions about such things, one way or the other.
What my dad used had a problem with on my job search was that I was not going around to the employer's office and asking for a job - I was sending them a cover letter and resume instead. He didn't get that employers don't want to have to deal with you face to face until they see your resume, and then they will call you if they want to talk to you - they are too busy otherwise. Once I got my first job out of college, where I was hired over the phone, sight unseen, based on my resume alone - I heard no more complaints from my dad about my approach to finding a job.
